Derisive diatribes about the state of the nation, nation states and swerving leftward

15 March 2006

It's spring, and the flowers are blooming.

The U.S. has been in Afghanistan now for years. And the accomplishments?

About 345,000 acres of poppies are believed to have been planted this year — an increase of up to 40 percent from 2005. The opium is refined into heroin before being smuggled out of the country to meet 90 percent of the world's supply.